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Show EXCELLENT HAY RACK LIF1 Much Manual Labor May Be Saved by Use of Device Shown in Illustration Illus-tration How Worked. (By J. WESLEY GRIFFIN.) Much heavy lifting may be avoided by having a place on which the hay rack may rest when not in use. By making a support something like the one shown in the drawing, not only the heavy lifts may be avoided, but much time saved. I have known a3 many as three men to lose an hour each, going to and from the field, just to change a wagon body and the hay frame. This was at a time when time was valuable, more so than other times. With a lift like this one, or something similar, one man can change frames with case and dispatch. Ail one has to do is to drive between be-tween the posts at the lower end. The rack will be lifted from the wagon as .. . i 1 To Load the Rack. the team draws it thrsugh. The lift should be the same height at the top of the lowest posts, as the top of the wagon wheels, the rear ones, theD the rack is raised above the wheels the wagon will pass out, leaving the rack high and dry. When ready to load the rack, sin? ply drive between the posts, under the rack, and slip back the rack, at the same time back the wagon. As soon as the rear of the rack rests on the wagon, stand on the rear of the rack and your weight will hold the rack ii place while the team is backed faj enough to let the front of the rack fall in place. |